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University of Durham "ALIS" tests

At the start of the year at our school we did university of Durham "alis" tests. These are like difficult CAT tests. I usually perform very highly - top 1 percentile in CAT tests. But i was informed the other day that i have performed very highly in the alis tests, therfore predicted very highly in my as levels. I feel now that there is more pressure to do well.

Has anybody else done them?

Just curious
Thanks

Reply 1

Coco.

I did, although I think they were conducted by a different university. They annoy me a bit, but i suppose they are a good indicator as to how well you can potentially perform. I don't know what my results are, probably none too good because the maths one totally intimidate me.

Reply 2

FunkyIguana

I thought ALIS grades were predicted on the basis of GCSE performance? :s

Could well be wrong, though!

Reply 3

quintsy

FunkyIguana

I thought ALIS grades were predicted on the basis of GCSE performance? :s

Could well be wrong, though!

They can be, but IIRC you can also opt to sit tests as well (similar to the CATs with spatial awareness/logic, verbal reasoning etc. style questions).

Reply 4

x_reggg

i did the ALIS and was predicted As for everything except for biology (B) :p:

but in the end it doesn't really matter because the predicted grades i got in year 13 were not 100% what was predicted from ALIS.

Reply 5

Ribulose Bisphosphate

I have all A*s at GCSE and ALIS predicted me 3xAs, 2xBs at AS level and I got 6xAs...it's all a load of codswollop! :biggrin:

Reply 6

*bobo*

I still haven't bothered to ask for mine yet, but I heard through friends that in a class it got announced that I got predicted a B in maths, and now apparantly they've been deemed utterly useless by that teacher.
For the YELLIS (GCSE equivalent of ALIS) testing, I was in the top percentile for the maths section of the paper, but they still only predicted me a B when I already had an A*. Clearly they must put a lot of emphasis on the questionnaire :s-smilie:

Reply 7

petzneo

Oh, so thats what its for...our school is making us take it next week!

So what will the schools actually do with the results,, is there a point in doing it?

Reply 8

eulerwaswrong

I suppose these ALIS tests measure how intelligent you are. But exam results depend on how intelligent you are and how much effort you put in.

Reply 9

silent ninja

Dubious and random. I know far more people who got ridiculously bad predictions, than those that were accurate.
Mine was CDD. Got way higher than that.